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What the RBA totally missed about our two-speed economy

Victoria wants $6.3 billion of federal cash to spend on infrastructure.

Reserve Bank assistant governor Chris Kent missed a major opportunity this week. He delivered a speech about how the various states are travelling but totally omitted a key reason for the two out-performers doing so well.

How little Oz rolls with the economic punches

Since it was floated in 1983, the Australian dollar tends to move up or down in ways that limit inflation pressure and ...

How has poor little Oz managed to keep our economy growing continuously for 25 years while, in the same period, other economies have suffered a recession or even two? We've had good insurance policies.

Workers pay price as charities turn their back

Charities should start taking a stand instead of waiting until they are shamed into it.

In December 2015 James Evans hatched a plan with the National Union of Workers to go under cover to expose wage fraud at a third party fund raiser for some of the country's most well known charities.

Myer stages a revival that proves critics wrong

Myer's turnaround is not rocket science, nor is it easy.

The fact that investors and retail experts are overjoyed about Myer reporting a 1.6 per cent improvement in sales in the first quarter of the 2017 financial year says a lot about the state of department stores in Australia.

Would you trust Trump with $26.6 trillion?

Donald Trump clearly had absolutely no idea about government debt during his campaign.

Would you trust Donald Trump with $US20 trillion ($26.6 trillion) of debt? How about lending him another $US7 trillion or so on top of that? You wouldn't be alone in thinking twice about the prospect.

There is a way to stamp out sexist culture

US President-elect Donald Trump.

For every corporate gender diversity policy, for every well-intentioned plan aimed at stamping out sexual harassment and bullying, there is a man on whom the message is lost.

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